Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box of vanilla or chocolate cake mix
- Cream cheese frosting or buttercream for stuffing
- White candy melts or chocolate coating
- Orange and black food coloring
- Oval-shaped cake pop sticks
- Mini edible candies or fondant for details
- Plastic or silicone BB-8 templates (optional)
- Edible markers for fine detailing
Instructions
- Follow the instructions on your cake mix box to bake the cake. Once baked, let it cool completely.
- Crumble the cooled cake into a large mixing bowl.
- Add cream cheese frosting or buttercream gradually until the mixture becomes moldable.
- Roll the cake mixture into small oval-shaped balls, resembling BB-8’s head and body.
- Insert a cake pop stick into each shape for easy handling.
- Dip the cake pops into melted white candy melts, ensuring they are fully coated.
- Place the coated cake pops on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Melt some orange candy melts and lightly brush or dip parts of your cake pops to mimic BB-8’s orange color.
- Use black edible markers and fondant details to add BB-8’s eyes, panels, and other features.
Notes
- For a smoother finish, dip the cake pops twice after cooling.
- Use silicone molds for easier shaping if preferred.
- Decorate with edible markers and fondant for detailed features.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking, Melting, Decorating
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake pop
- Calories: 120 Kcal
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 10mg